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make and it had 400 men make it. Luckily no one died but it looks like it took a lot of power to make. That is Mount Rushmore that I am talking about. Now I think you know what I am but I bet you don’t know all about it besides it can be found in South Dakota and it has four of the greatest presidents in the world. In here you will learn a lot of interesting facts about Mount Rushmore. Plus by the time you finish reading all about Mount Rushmore you will wish your face was up there. Enjoy. Mount

Farmer, Shipbuilder, and Soldier The build up of the armed services and the migration of workers to industrial centers such as Portland created severe farm labor shortages. In 1944, back in Bradley, South Dakota, Audrey Grigg’s uncle and aunt, Robert and Bessie Brown couldn’t find anyone to work their farmland. Ever since Bessie inherited the land from her parents, tenant farmers kept it productive. Although Robert grew up on a farm, he never farmed as an adult. Shortly after serving in World

Madonna Thunder Hawk will be coming to Denison’s campus on April 4-6th. After a lifetime of community organizing for indigenous rights liberation for marginalized communities, she has been a key organizer behind the Standing Rock occupation in North Dakota. She was originally invited as a keynote speaker at the Midwest Student Coalition for Climate Action’s conference on April 1st and a collective of student organizers felt it was a great opportunity to also provide a campus wide event open to everyone

The habitat of a river otter can vary they can be found in places such as: streams, rivers, lakes and marshes. These areas tend to have more vegetation and prey. For this animal quality water and year-round access to water is very high on the hierarchy of needs. The river otter is a carnivore and have adapted to life in the water. Appearance, the river otter has a tan fur with a white underbelly; the shape is similarly to that of a torpedo. As with most animals the males tend to be larger than the

In the modern eye, the stories of the McCardles and Loves and their failed western dreams are nothing short of tragic. It is hard not to ask, “Why didn’t they just give up?”, when learning about the ruin brought onto their families by both environmental and economic factors. Their stories are eerily similar to one another: young lovers go West in search of prosperity fueled by their new commitment to each other and their shared goals. However, the plains prove to be ruthless, leaving experts to wonder

On Sept. 19, 2001, 17-year-old Ryan Harris entered Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota, walked into a Science class, demanded that the teacher leave, and held 15 of his fellow students, including Johnny, hostage with a Shotgun and a pistol. For 2 hours, the students cowered, while the young man blared demands for pizza, $1 million dollars, and a helicopter getaway over the public address system. He shot at the chalkboard, the ceiling, and the window, making it clear that he had plenty

Last summer Lily and her family took a trip to Wyoming and South Dakota. They went to Yellowstone, Devils Tower, Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore. At the end of the school year Lily’s parents told all the kids that they will be going to South Dakota in a big RV in July. It was a couple months away, but they were excited. A month later they found the RV they wanted. “ Why don’t we go to Yellowstone to.” said Lily’s Dad. There plan was to leave got a week and be able to see everything they wanted

10 years ago I was in a hospital surrounded by machines and family members. I was too young to realize what was really going on. When I was 1 ½ I was adopted by Brian and Lorrie. My dad was known for his caring heart and sometimes overworking. In 2007 my dad suffered a heart attack that was nearly fatal. I remember the doctors calling it the widowmaker. My dad was able to fight and now today lives with only ⅓ of his heart among many other conditions. Most people who have been through what my dad

The Lakota Sioux primarily located in North and South Dakota “are one of three main subdivisions of the Great Sioux Nation” (“Lakota”, n.d). Prior to the 1900’s, “The Lakota tribe consist of seven bands that lived throughout the Great Plains, the largest and most famous of being the Oglala Sioux Tribe” (“Lakota”, n.d.). In the late 1800’s the Lakota were relocated to several reservations, with the majority of the tribe living on the Pine Ridge Reservation and the Rosebud Reservation. In addition

Sioux Sitting Bull Alyssia Menezes March-April, 2017 One of the most important people in the Sioux tribe is Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotȟake (in lacota) more commonly known as Sitting Bull. He was born in 1831 near the Grand River, in what we now call South Dakota. Sitting Bull was a warrior, and killed his first buffalo at just the age of ten. The members of his tribe, the Lakota Sioux, named him Sitting Bull because his courage was like a bison that would hold it’s ground instead of flee from hunters. Even